Episodes

This week, education gets artificial and prison security goes prehistoric. First, the company behind Realbotix is pitching schools on humanoid AI teacher assistants, because apparently the journey from crypto to adult companionship to high-school STEM education is now a perfectly normal corporate career path. Could a lifelike robot help teenagers learn science, or will “Sally” spend the semester explaining algebra to students desperately searching for her off switch? Then, Israel clears a ...

We go pond jumping this week and head to the Isle of Wight for one of the strangest paranormal encounters ever reported: All Colours Sam, better known as the Sandown Clown. In 1973, two children claimed they met a nearly seven-foot-tall, three-fingered, three-toed, ghost-like humanoid living in a metal hut near Sandown Airport. Normal British stuff, we are pretty sure. Sam wore a pointed yellow hat, spoke through a strange device, said he was “a ghost in an odd sort of way,” and somehow manag...

Seattle has a new celebrity, and he’s short, round, furry, and built like a raccoon somebody accidentally compressed into a carry-on bag. World, meet Jimothy, the unusually shaped trash panda whose possible spinal deformity, fearless neighborhood adventures, and magnificent little strut have transformed him into an internet sensation, local icon, and living reminder that charisma has absolutely nothing to do with having a neck. No word yet on who he is dating, but our money is on a Kardashian! ...

Join us this week as we help our resident overthinker and frequent fill in host Kevin Crispin celebrate the 200th episode of his show Behind Beautiful Things! The 411 From Behind Beautiful Things: In this milestone 200th episode of Behind Beautiful Things, the tables are turned as guest host Kelly—Kevin's sister (and, yes, a doctor!)—takes over the microphone to interview Kevin. Together, they reflect on Kevin's childhood, his lifelong creativity, the close bond they share as siblings, and...

Good News! Humanity has finally found two exciting new ways to ruin your night: blasting artificial sunlight from space and filling your living room with tiny mushroom people. First, the FCC has approved a controversial demonstration satellite designed to reflect sunlight onto Earth after dark. Supporters say space mirrors could power solar farms and illuminate disaster zones. Vampires say Hell No! Astronomers counter that they could devastate dark skies, disrupt scientific research, and pote...

The Andreasson Affair is what happens when a classic alien abduction story wanders into a church revival, takes a wrong turn through a dream sequence, and gets dive-bombed by a giant cosmic bird. In 1967, Massachusetts mother Betty Andreasson claimed strange gray beings entered her home, froze her family in place, passed through solid doors, and whisked her away for an encounter packed with medical examinations, telepathic messages, religious symbolism, and enough high-strangeness to make an ...

This week on Hysteria 51, we’re diving headfirst into the weird-news deep end, and unfortunately, someone already ruined the water. First up, a public swimming pool in Wales becomes the scene of a truly unholy whodunnit after a man admits to repeatedly defecating in the pool, forcing closures, cleanups, refunds, and presumably one very traumatized lifeguard whistle. It’s part crime story, part community crisis, and part reason to never open your mouth during backstroke again. Then we cleanse ...

Nearly 80 years after something crashed in the New Mexico desert, Roswell is back in the spotlight... again. This time, it's not because someone found a tiny green skeleton in a government filing cabinet. It's because modern AI image enhancement, newly released government records, and a fresh wave of UAP investigations have conspiracy theorists and skeptics arguing harder than ever over America's most famous flying saucer. In Roswell Reopened: New Tricks, Old Aliens, Brent and David revisit t...

We’re diving headfirst into two weird news stories this week that prove the universe has a comedy writer, and that writer has been drinking Bot Booze again. First up, a man claiming to have the world’s smallest penis launches a fundraiser for micropenis enlargement surgery, turning a very personal medical issue into a very public internet saga. Is it body positivity? Oversharing? A GoFundMe with a magnifying glass? Yes. Then we ride into the eerie woods of Mount Shasta, where horseback rid...

Former NASA robotics engineer Bill Vaile was a skeptic, a problem-solver, and a guy who probably trusted math more than mysterious bumps in the night. Then he took one very weird water-treatment service call in Arlington, Texas, walked up to a house where a woman appeared to be commanding something to “leave” several young men in the name of Jesus Christ, and allegedly brought home the worst unpaid internship in demon management history. This week we dig into the chilling and bizarre claims o...

One missing nuclear scientist. One remote forest. One abandoned gun. And somehow that's only HALF of this week's weirdness. First, we head deep into the mystery surrounding a Los Alamos National Laboratory employee who vanished without a trace, only to be discovered a year later in a remote wilderness area. Was it a tragic accident, something more sinister, or the kind of story that immediately makes the internet start drawing red strings across a corkboard? We dive into the strange details, un...

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What do alleged aliens at the White House and a gaming PC that stopped a bullet have in common? Absolutely nothing... which makes them perfect for Blurry Hysteria. First, the internet went full X-Files after photos from a White House event appeared to show a pair of strange, pale-haired figures hanging around President Trump. Within hours, social media had declared first contact, uncovered seventeen competing theories, and probably solved three unrelated conspiracies along the way. We'll take a...